A green chutney sandwich in India is the unassuming tea-time staple, the quick finger sandwich you slap together and offer to unannounced guests along with a piping hot cup of chai. It’s the sandwich of choice for road trips, breakfast, school lunch boxes, and a quick after-work street snack before your commute home. There isn’t a person in India or who grew up there that I know of, that hasn’t had or known some form of a green chutney sandwich.
Ingredients
1 cup coriander leaves / dhaniya pattha
1/4 cup mint leaves / pudina
1/2 inch ginger
2 garlic cloves
3 tbsp fresh coconut gratings
Juice of half lime
Salt to taste
Water as needed to blend the chutney.
For the sandwich:
White sandwich bread
Green Chutney
Fresh butter
two cucumbers sliced
2 potatoes boiled and sliced
3 tomatoes sliced
Cheese slices (optional)
Procedure
Prepare the green chutney by blending/ pulsing all the ingredients listed above in a food processor or blender until it resembles something like a fine pesto.
To assemble the sandwiches: Start with 2 slices of soft white bread and spread a layer of butter (margarine for vegan version) on both sides of each slice. Generously spread the green chutney on one side of each slice.
Then layer one of the bread with sliced potatoes, sprinkle with salt (or chat masala), then arrange the sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, and top with cheese slices. Top the bread slice with the second slice of bread and cut into two pieces.
Serve with hot chai or coffee.
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